HOW WILL THEY AFFECT US AND OUR PROPERTIES? Ever increasing energy consumption means that the country’s needs are leading to more applications for exploration and construction of energy installations. Fracking, wind farms and other forms of major energy resource projects are of increasing concern to homeowners and property investors in the UK. Finding the ideal ...
I think it was Mark Twain who coined the aphorism that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Sitting in my office and looking at my tax return, I would add a third certainty – deadlines. I know my return has to be filed by 31 January otherwise I will have to ...
A few years ago an elderly lady was killed driving her car. The main road from Bideford to Barnstaple used to run through Fremington. The lady, driving towards Bideford, made a right hand turn across the oncoming traffic lane. As she did so, a car travelling in the opposite direction ploughed into her car, killing ...
I begin with a case study of facts that actually happened in October this year. At about 11pm one Friday night, a large mature oak tree growing on a slope in a wooded valley collapsed without any prior warning. The owner of the land on which the tree had stood discovered this when investigating why ...